Hobby Lobby part of Rick Santorum film

One day has passed since the Supreme Court ruled on Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, but soon enough the case will be coming to a theater near you.

Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who is also CEO of EchoLight Studios, plans to release this fall “One Generation Away: The Erosion of Religious Liberty,” based in part on the case that the Supreme Court ruled on Monday. While the film has been in the works for several months before the Hobby Lobby ruling, the case is one of seven highlighted in the “docudrama” on religious freedom battles in the Supreme Court, according to Deadline Hollywood.

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The documentary’s title is derived from a quotation by President Ronald Reagan: “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” According to the website of EchoLight Cinema, the distribution arm of Echolight Studios that partners with churches to screen EchoLight films, the film’s core message is “religious liberty is never more than One Generation Away from extinction.”

“One Generation Away” makes the argument that religious freedom is in jeopardy in the United States. It uses as an example the Hobby Lobby case, in which the Supreme Court ruled that for-profit companies can opt out of providing employees and their families with birth control for religious reasons, as well as examples involving the U.S. military, high school sports, college campuses and wedding services.

“‘One Generation Away’ is less about victories and defeats than about highlighting the ongoing tension and promoting dialogue and engagement on the issues,” Echo Light President Jeff Sheets said in a statement to POLITICO. “An informed and engaged populous is the greatest defense against the apathy and tyranny spawned within a void of religious liberty.”